I'd be really curious to see how Summers does. He'll be playing for my former hometown team that I used to follow and attend games. Volkov, who played for Atlanta a while back, used to be on that team.

I'd be really curious to see how Summers does. He'll be playing for my former hometown team that I used to follow and attend games. Volkov, who played for Atlanta a while back, used to be on that team.

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If you ever go back home and see him play in a game, I think you should go down and introduce yourself as Mike Abdenour's cousin. Summers will never know the difference and you and your family will likely get invited out to have dinner with the team or something.

If you ever go back home and see him play in a game, I think you should go down and introduce yourself as Mike Abdenour's cousin. Summers will never know the difference and you and your family will likely get invited out to have dinner with the team or something.

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That's funny. Since I left in 1992 I haven't been back; at this point I lived longer in US and my home is here. I have no plans to go back there except for when my kids grow up so that I can show them where I grew up.

He actually grades out fairly well on defense, allowing 0.77 ppp according to Synergy. While he still has room for improvement, particularly in spot-up and isolation situations, Middleton shows potential to be a solid defender with some hard work on that end. It sure seems like Middleton still needs some development – he showed some flashes of potential last year and was rewarded with more minutes off the bench. With some improved shooting touch (particularly from long range), he can emerge as an impactful 3-and-D player for the Bucks and add some offensive power off the bench to a team that likely will need help in that department. It should be interesting to watch him develop this year alongside the rest of Milwaukee’s young lineup; while we’re not predicting superstar status for him any time soon, Middleton has the opportunity to emerge as a valuable rotation player at a position of need and an unexpected bonus from the Brandon Jennings trade.

The 25-year-old center, involved in the sign-and-trade that also sent Khris Middleton and Brandon Knight to the Milwaukee Bucks for guard Brandon Jennings, is expected to be released by the Bucks because of a surplus of big men.

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As I posted in another thread, the most likely scenario at this point is for Kravtsov to return to Ukraine and join Summers in Kiev where they are trying to build a team for a debut in a Euroleague.